Ballet Shoes (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ruth Gervis |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballet |
| Subject | Three Children on Stage |
| Genre | Children's novel, Theatre-fiction |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent & Sons |
Publication date | 1936 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 303 pp (first edition) |
| OCLC | 222639171 |
| LC Class | PZ7.S914 Bal |
| Followed by | Tennis Shoes |
Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage is a children's novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Dent in 1936. Her first book for children, it was illustrated by the author's sister, Ruth Gervis.
Ballet Shoes was a runner up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best British children's book by a British subject. (Streatfeild won the award later for The Circus Is Coming.)